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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of a large crowd gathered at the end of the wharf in Avalon to greet arriving visitors to Catalina Island. A man stands in partial view in the foreground along the left edge. Beyond him, a wide, open plaza stretches across the image and back through center. A crowd lines the right edge of the plaza. At the far end of the plaza, several arriving visitors walk in a group towards the camera. A policeman walks ahead of them and to the left. Behind the group and to the left, more crowds line the back edge of the plaza. In the background, an arched gateway stands behind the group at center and a large ship's funnel rises behind the crowd at right. Text from negative sleeve: 2396. Catalina Island trip Aug. 7, 1948. 1. Arrival at Avalon and getting down the gang plank 2. The crowd at end of wharf to greet us. 3. The Wild Man of Borneo greets us 4. Close up of the Human Ape 5. Everett Shaw looking at Camera, his wife on bench at his side. Mrs H.H.West smiling right behind the boy standing at end of bench.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2396_002 ark:/21198/zz002j3ww2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Plazas--California--Avalon Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) Crowds--California--Avalon Arrivals & departures--American--California--Avalon
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